Third-Party Punishment or Compensation? It Depends on the Reputational Benefits.

ABSTRACT: Third-party fairness maintenance could win some reputational benefits, and it includes two methods: punishment and compensation. We predicted that the third parties' preference between punishment and compensation are affected by whether they are free to choose between the two methods, and the affection could be interpreted through reputational benefits. The present study includes two sections. In Study 1, the participants acted as fourth parties who were asked to rate the reputations of the third parties who had chosen different response methods to an unfair result of the dictator game. The results showed that (1) there was no reputational difference between the two methods when third parties were not free to choose, (2) but the reputation of compensation was better when third parties were

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211016 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature